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Supply Chain Sustainability and Marketing Challenges of Bay Area Business
Jeff Weinberger, founder of DS3 Consulting, spoke to students about how sustainability provides strategic benefits to businesses at the SF State Downtown Campus on March 7. Read the full story.
E-waste recycling and sustainability in the IT industry
James Kao, CEO and President of GreenCitizen, spoke to SFSU MBA students on February 22 about the electronic waste (e-waste) recycling industry. Read the full story.
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2011
- Guest speaker Andrew Shapiro discusses the importance of corporate governance and shareholder activism
- Business Leadership in Global CSR Standards
- Kiva.org: Micro-loans with Mega impact
- Business Ethics Week prepares agents of change
- Kevin Danaher, co-founder of Global Exchange, visits SF State Downtown Campus
- Net Impact at SF State takes Recology Tour
- Welcome to Visiting Professor Mark Starik
- MBA program recognized as a world leader in social responsibility
- Teens learn the business of sustainability
2010
- College of Business receives gift from Union Bank Foundation to support Center for Ethical and Sustainable Business
- SF State’s College of Business has launched the Center for Ethical and Sustainable Business. International Business Times, 01/11/2011
- Center for ethical, sustainable business launched — a clearinghouse for sustainable and ethical business education that will incorporate research and expertise from disciplines across the college
- Associate Professor of Management Tom Thomas commented on Proposition 26, which has gone largely unnoticed by voters but could potentially undermine state climate-change laws.
- The College of Business kicked off its fifth annual Business Ethics Week Oct. 26 to Nov. 3 with a full slate of classes and guest speakers to create a focus among students and faculty on business ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainable business.
- Making a difference one laptop at a time
- Sally Baack, professor of management, called Carly Fiorina's record at HP mixed, with clear successes and failures. San Francisco Chronicle, 10/11/2010
- Sally Baack, professor of management, comments on gubernatorial candidate Carly Fiorina’s management style and leadership decisions while CEO of Hewlett Packard. Sacramento Bee 10/06/2010, San Jose Mercury News, 10/06/2010
- College of Business receives gift from Union Bank Foundation to support Center for Ethical and Sustainable Business
- Marketing Professor Bill Perttula was the moderator for the Social Media and Cloud Computing portion of CitySummit 2010's CityRising: Economic Resurgence, on Tuesday, August 31 at The PG&E Auditorium in San Francisco.
- The SF State Graduate Business Program's Net Impact chapter was awarded Silver Status by the international Net Impact organization for 2010.
- The College of Business was one of the first signatory schools to the UN's Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME).
- SF State's MBA program was ranked No. 7 in the country for providing the greatest opportunity for minority students according to rankings released by the Princeton Review in The Best 300 Business Schools.
